Good evening welcome to the Montague slack board meeting today is Tuesday May
nineteenth two thousand and fifteen. The meeting is subject to change in the sea
topics may start earlier than specified unless there is
a hearing schedule the meeting is being taped votes may be taken in the time this
seven pm At first I'd like to welcome our newest board member Mr Hopewell Thank
you. Thank you.
OK first item Oh I'm sorry members present Chris Paul chairman Michael Bowers
incitement rich group works. OK first sign of money agenda
is the approval of of minutes of May eleventh two thousand and fifteen. Everybody
received them most of the minutes of May Love and two thousand and fifteen was
presented as presented I will second that any discussion hearing and seeing all
those in favor I am saying OK thank you passed by
a majority seventy one we have there are reorganization of the Board of Selectmen
who wants to do what I like to nominate Michael Nelson chair really forty five
seconds into this particular study I'm going to throw the OK I like that I'll
second that I'd like to make a motion to close my arm and I think you know. Almost
a favor I say. Welcome Mr Nelson you get to take over
I need a break there for
a couple years really good growth. Here gradually for the
religious feel. Next up public comment period
individuals be limited to two minutes each in the Board of Selectmen or strictly
adhere to time allotted for public comment to have any folks with any comment. Yes
. I do thank you and you know I trust the conference money disability if you use it
as an advocate for many many years. Ago today it was my right to draw an absentee
ballot on my new living I'm Mark brush and I hope to show you this.
The town's absentee ballots to mail on or about May tenth last week and she knows
they can travel of going out of state even for
a serviceman seniors disabled except there are places I received mine in my
Post-office Box on the fourteenth to town halls close on the fifteen and election
as I need eighteen I scramble to get mail to the local town hall turns mailbox and
hope to reach the town clerk but many others will miss this deadline there are
rules and regulations governing voting and we are all entitled to vote I was told
by the time clerk on the fourteenth there would be
a delay in getting all requested from destination reviewing for the secretary of
state or requesting it for granted and near future and meanwhile for any delay
votes of absentee ballots being considered counted we're on players to vote this
election if you're like me and you then plenty of time for it as they should and
furthermore I answered many to to the core of your barber question motion and if
you're involved by all selectman for required forty five business days for local
action for absentee ballots this will allow all ballots to return to town hall for
the local election mandate twenty fifteen absentee ballots were delayed in many
votes nine clued in this will be requiring
a crawl through chillax of elections and avoid loss of votes in the future was
found the preview procedures of the state elections this requirement for local
elections needs all your local support this timeline is
a requirement for this date November elections based on
a conversation with the secretary of state ballots are always fun to last read
secretary of state when campaigns on to the Senate to the Senate or else the bird
representative cooler they've all been notified of the recommendation and so it's
not just the spores that ask for. Your thought I was
a particular matter because I had this good point because not only I'm an advocate
but as you can see my absentee ballot manner had been considered and as long as
many other people in this community I submit to you in my letter also my
recommendation to get your entire call that this matter so many other people happy
excluding the body and I was one of these individuals that my vote was
a good selection. To these couples for us yesterday. And
wrap. Up this carries on I'm going to ask support it tell me
make
a vote on this decision and to support it look at the state election rules which
go through forty five business days well we can't do any voting tonight because
this is the first time we've seen it we have to officially post it within forty
eight hours it was great what we can do is speak with the Town Clerk and find out
more about this or what happened and definitely get in on the future agenda and let
Beyond that I have been registered as an absentee ballot for over here both last
one to two different addresses requiring example came to my pill box and
own I stood up late and the other my residence and sat in a hallway for
a weekend to return to the call to the town clerk so all we have
issues here in that area like to solve and I like you come back to the table with
the Town Clerk and request that I would be addressing this issue and to follow the
state regulations place for you for the forty five day visit stay to go along with
the State Department thank you and we reschedule list for another time Absolutely
we will let you know when we do that we will touch base with this for both. Can any
practical information with you so I can I possibly put this on to three weeks we
can be very time. When you want to be look it depends on our summer schedule.
And I really need every other week or something to get where I need you to be
starting in the summer yeah we start going to really close take something that we
close out so we can guarantee to get together when we chill she'll make sure to get
something on. Your office so we can post it for you know this is like.
What you get thank you very much thank you thanks which thank you for. The public
comment Mr REYNOLDS. A quickie just
a little update on the robot people from Poland came toward how we really prefer to
put it and we had to abandon the one on the hallway due. To
changes in the planning of. The buildings was that we picked out
a site downstairs opposite the clerk's office on the wall softball patient office
and a little bit about four fifty to build
a case put on the wall if you would like to proceed if we should you know.
It was there except frankly but if we put aside money for that do we know not that
much about what they decide on their own five hundred five or I don't know that
should. Really even call them all. But actually get us to walk on.
Some rocks it's not right. But lacks in self. Interest
So when you say proceed what would you eat what's your next step you betcha we will
be
a little patient to look at the job and then let me know my next meeting will
soon probably write. OK So OK So on your way up they
generally give it a look see what you think of it in Iraq come back. With
a comment. All right see a number Bruce Hunter seven ten pm each R.H.
Infrastructure coordinator recommendation board for ave
a streetscape enhanced in project to Mountain View Inskeep in Lancair incorporated
three hundred ninety six thousand five hundred fifty dollars Mr Hunter personally
speaking to OK the Scream team. Altering template so.
Just again something that's just attention to design aspects of the plan that get
fully addressed by the tech to the site so I'm recommending holding off on making
the award history. Do it next week or early next week in front of the general two
or. Three years old. Does that mess anything up for you
Are you trying for
a construction this summer yet. So actually
you know what. Let's jump down the agenda for
a moment because this is going to come up I suspect multiple times during the
meeting and let's jump down to our summer meeting schedule so we can have these
dates figured out so. Under town initiators
report.
Thank you Larry said I know you had it in there. For ninety days.
But there is
a sheet. And
the issues if there is
a child. I'll
still be. Here not only to
get
a motion. Moved to accept the twenty fifteen summer meeting schedule. May
nineteenth June first June fifteenth June twenty nine July thirteenth like twenty
seven August ten August twenty four September eighth or Tuesday September
fourteenth after which our regular weekly meetings will resume. I said that
all in favor but I think when Question question one question you know forms you
came up as to whether you would adopt
a roving location so soft. Well considering all the things that came up was trying
to get more input from the Earth's villages by having your locations change some of
. The the at least I think in the past that was brought out and
I think the reason that I know why it is because most of the places. Do not have
access to the water but reliable so why
a public access what do you mean in other words the M.C.G. V.M.C. T.V.
They can take Yeah they can tape it but you know with
a small you know you're going to get we're trying to get people into villages talk
about that for
a long. While one always was this way and stop because you
feel it was saying we can't solve all. I want to see if. The people.
Who say no. I look into it. Has to look I'd like make
a recommendation that we're going to look at different sites and make sure there
was a civil you know absolutely. All right we had a motion
a second home in favor right summer meeting schedule set back to Mr Ramsey So our
next meeting would be June first for Mr Hunter's. Recognition recommendation of
awards on do you think there'd be an appropriate timing or was there could
a. Little work OK perfect so then I went with
good enough to next be a. Great great thank you author. We're
a little ahead of schedule for seven twenty journalists Carballo church slated so
vision event application for use of pesky M.
To park May twelfth but says the May twenty third May thirteenth June twenty
seventh two thousand and fifteen from seven to nine thirty pm with set up at five
thirty pm in clean up from one thirty to ten pm. This Carballo here and you know
she's gone she was coming.
But she's coming out only part of the school could buy
a problem. I'm sorry who's argument. OK so it's got all
right so we'll skip by the tree hearing for
a moment and we'll go to the personnel board removed build the oil from half
a mentally leave effective five eleven fifty.
Yes they can also have. A concert aren't they were I like
what it was for. But. If you're single Did you want to
go really. Just Singleton alternate F.
Thirty eight but if you were no date on the Nate twenty first Annual Cafferty eight
advisory board meeting it's. OK.
So. I just want to keep you guys in the loop since I'm the representative as to
what we're going to ask you for this is the Franklin Regional Transit Authority
board which on the often irrevocably going to be all readings I just wanted to
quickly tell you what we're going to be talking about here in your meeting since I
represent you and quickly I wonder if you had any questions or. So this is the
agenda. The point to particularly like to point out is number four.
And five who do improve approve the for sixteen budget for they have for today and
there's a there's
a couple questions I have about their budget typically how it how it. Relates to
the study we had last summer I don't know whether you remember but there are
a lot of questions about how the towns are assessed have
a budget they have difficulty explaining is very hard to solve the do the budgeting
come up with up to date assessments for the number tells. And then the assessment
that came out this spring didn't conform to the assessment that was on that so that
there's a kind of
a similar issue that I have with the budget that's being presented as
a sort of doesn't jibe very well with what I thought and so I kind of I'm sort of.
Continuously sort of prodding them without being too contentious about it to try to
get the information we can from the. It's all going on with what they're actually
doing or what they're actually present that's my goal is sort of
a long term goal in the sense that I. Mean you know Frank we re sort of been trying
to make progress with. This is sort of in line with one example of that is I
believe the. And this is
a big one the. The grant or the. Earmark that you Gratian of you Mark
for the orange route which is one of the main routes that goes through Montague I
believe is still in that budget and I was under the impression the question on your
marks are gone so I'm
a little bit unclear as to whether that's still in there to help pay for the Orange
. Line and if so what it looks like for the future because that thing disappears to
have an effect on ourselves from the rigs you want to fly which goes. Through
through Turner's and down in the north falls and then shoots off roofs ripped to an
orange is one of the three major lines that goes through Montague in the funding of
that seems to me up here with nobody's asking like where is that headed where is
that so that's
a couple of examples of questions I'd like to ask if you can give you the whole
budget because I think you guys need to tell me what what you would like to see
future. The other major while the other two major things.
There is
a vote to purchase property for expansion of parking area. Forty eight building on
we've been over there that our center over there. Has very limited parking is
really not adequate and actually the parking for people who are going to take the
train is supposed to be
a new parking lot across the street which is sort of up here is
a better source of disagreement now. But but the parking for the efforts Yeah
itself is just
a few spaces for quick short term parking at the staff and there isn't even the
staff in the building so they want to expand
a little bit to the east and buy
a bit of land owned by someone named Mark Sakyo I don't know if you know you lose
a bit of the. Hope Street I forget only cause that was the name of that
based one field except that so. We had executive
sessions to discuss I don't know how much I should talk about that or the price
because we haven't. Come out of that but there was some discussion of what. The
price might be that high. So we may or may not go into executive session to
finance the purchase of property to add about
a dozen parking spaces. Finally we doing
a whole change in our advisory board but I don't know us and lot of that is just to
make them more consistent with the state. Regional Transportation or they just
basically put
a whole bunch of wording from the state law. From the state laws to make our via
was more consistent with what the state says we should be doing. And.
I won't get into all the details but I did suggest
a change in how we supposedly choose there's there's
a new state law that gives the riders
a representative representative and I suggested
a change in how to do that and out of this advisory committee we have they
initially said there was
a possibility and then suddenly I noticed in the latest version it isn't there so
that's what they want. Finally the one thing I did want to mention is the June
thirtieth this thing that I'll call the comprehensive service. Assessment is coming
out this is the state. This is
a state study of the entire transit system that is going to suggest changes in
all the the routes particularly the fixed routes and Greenfield has the most and we
have the second most and if you recall we met with them and put on the table whole
change in the Montague fixed rat system that I presented to you not as
a final vote or a final proposal but the put on the table it was
a consolidation it increase service to Amherst lower to fair to Amherst that
increase it was sort of
a revenue neutral attempt to increase access to Hammer's but massively cut down
there are elements of the system and supposedly that was given to the consultant so
somewhere around June thirtieth of July first we're going to know whether the
consultant thinks that you feasible and that's a it's
a big change or extra it's going to take some discussion then there's going to be
a really short time window to have public discussion of those changes because they
want to try to approve them but for. For
a variety of reasons including that the G.C.C.
Students use these they want to try to get them in place before the G.C.
Susi students or I don't know how realistic that was but we're all everybody that's
been involved in this process is kind of waiting on the on
a consultant who's done this research but is also doing five other transit
authorities We're talking this thing coming in July first I don't know. You know
what your level of involvement you want to have
a night is where do you want to hear you know the Energy Committee has done some
stuff on that whether you want me to just inform you of the public hearings and
public forums you want to be signing off and we've You put us in changes. I think
somewhere around what I don't know what your first was in July eleventh or
somewhere in there but you first knew you enjoy your. Life were to
you know to consider I think you would you want to hear something from me on what
the outcome of that is on July third that's
a huge. Win for them. I know they had a question for us it's
a work in progress. Terry and you may have to
decide whether you want me to continue. To go to great job so you know.
Thank you very much and. Playing never say oh you know you got
a couple questions just go oh yes I'm just wondering last time I would be
introduced Roach ages it seems to me that could go to Kerry to defend with after
that all this. Sort of to do stuff for good and I wondered whether So this is so
important to mark you residents leaders people who go to your house. Or work if you
asked whether we could ask you to go to the Cup for the route changes. So that we
could share a video with her before the rich
a just become Fed Ex. Rather than afterwards. I think it's going to happen here
David it is first of all they're going to talk about it it's All Things Out Of
course we're all waiting for Godot you need them are going out of all you have to
ask you go ahead of the party to come talk about
a prior we could this fine she'll tell you nothing happened. I'm not doing it
for the. Just further the consultant is going to recommend the new route
just so really they want the routes to be determined before that consultants report
the impression that I was given the last meeting with
a consultant is going to come up with recommendations and here I see where you have
to look at that and. Whether they can fit those recommendations into their budget
and into sort of how their whole transit system works I mean there's
a whole division with a small transit system and one driver does mostly
a lot of your mornings for them does one shot down to Deerfield and we're down to
go down to the back so this is
a little cold months of the house with you today right after the jury and me so
true to be honest with you made up I'm not sure how this will if I may add one more
comment it just seems to me that they really did not go over very fast not when
they so here's what we're going to do and it might they might prefer to actually
have
a chance to have an exchange of opinion with the second largest town in the system
before they insist it's up to the consultants recommendations particularly what
we're talking about
a route that historically they've been trying to get rid of them trying to price
out of competitiveness for quite some time which is very important money here so I
don't just my feeling is that if you can bring her and her consultant her
seconds and Commander where she wants whether to hear from the board hear from the
residents of money or they picked the routes might be better this time than to do
it the way they did last try to defend the past quiet after I. Think you did
this you know yes I spoke to folks
a crisis here several months ago and I'm very concerned about something that would
be hard benches and shelters that folks can sit and wait for the power on and.
I I really need somebody to. Be more nice but there's
a civility community and to move really points is there are the community in
Turner's clothes I see people standing in the rain and I see people may not really
for the fun of the rain the snow on the snow shelters on them and just
I've had conversations with people for your advice and I think it is ability
to have it should be part of this process Thank you Jeff can you or any of our town
step in here to last certain number that we're going to be in building
a new shelter on Third Street today to come of that town. From my conversations
with the R.T.A.
About it I put it the suggestions about the curb and where the boxes should be able
to over stop you because all they want to do is put aside all the stock there are
unfortunately the area where they are looking at putting out the trailer trucks in
fact some ever are as we're talking pretty much take that stock away are there
still use of that but. Last I knew they were going to speak to the people in charge
of their comeback to Islam for some suggestions which I don't believe they ever
hear so I don't all that's
a big issue. Or one of what you can find out. Because this is the stuff
tongue heading up if you would up built up the hill to the third street right next
to the pit of your stupid you know it's right across the room with your children to
look at the building of fixing up that stuff with the shelter as well making some
might or should be putting in place graphics and shelter this is I understand it's
still the planning phase that will get the funding to come here to do those and we
just wondered if they could change the roof just enough freedom to have square
blocks and so. Comedown turns out that they could always drop off or pick up on the
same side where the shelter is rather than to shelter that's our current products
come back and tell you to feel safe there just might require
a little go around the block because people don't go around to go back out it seems
like that might be less expensive since. Right Syria correctors just more info
if you think you'll. Dismiss Carballo here yeah yes come on up.
To the sick Road Church like Association because you don't have application freezer
Peskin to Perth May twenty third June thirteenth in June twenty seventh two
thousand and fifteen from seven to one thirty pm the start of
a five thirty pm meet up nine thirty the temptation to write on
a desk all. Welcome. But your plan and do and how many
rules you have for them to be. Sure which.
We move into the area with you so you can buy the building yet not yet now when you
are yes and you want to do the city leave you we're going to church we want to in
the. House I mean we just require things like we we did this
to return. To your community to use and so it was with the fact that we
didn't try and have
a small. Percentage of the requirements to browse. For signing
on to see the police chief and just. If. You have insurance or.
Yes we want to be let down we deal with these in any charity. We.
Have which I think you.
OK I'll make a motion that the poor doctor. Was
a cartel I'm not going to write. A forty five Central Street
protests was to do with this because you know Scott part. Of the data proposes that
says May twenty third June thirteenth June twenty seventh.
Hours from seven. Thirty.
pm time be good seven seven to nine thirty pm set up at five thirty pm We now have
to wait thirty to ten pm number of people expect expected to attend fifty.
Minutes is it's basically a church group and it's
a church group. And we have notice of insurance.
I think that is this if. You have
a second strike I'm sure. We
do. The day of the week on Saturday steals. From.
The Internet the past. Thirty six can agree with you
tomorrow yeah you're going to get it perfect you have
a second I'll second the first question I'll take are all right. Thank
you thank you yes when you have
a tricity do I have to. Include. This or Virgo it's easiest way to get power
there. To decide how to keep you.
Or your alter. All right all workers. Probably stay close to our office
a long time in your room area so go with maybe she'll work out all right thank you
so much thank you thank you hope you have
a yes this is. Next up Mr Stevens three word in two topics trees
are money history no policy I'm playing for tree replacement in town this just in
Columbia. Doesn't. Mean it's there.
Is some as last of up all those years.
In the Bush Cheney he's the R Vers for herself and she's How are you OK right now.
It's the media he still. Want to get that money.
Guy and. He can. Give you back the letter
that you got right to treat the money gives three. Dime. And
a rapid rate change to the. One for his lines I said they were behind
a sidewalk right away and I asked him the president gave him permission.
To remove. One of the great information from the rest of us for the.
Good of the residents here. I met with every resident that had trees that I was
interested in or moving spoke to them and received written permission to remove the
trees on private property. So. There were ninety three
trees or three ago left in the street because of an OK Are there more that are
playing are coming under the snow now this was the end of them. OK And are these
tones trees. Some say the. Fruits of the act.
Right away. Do we have any indication of how many more are in this gray area of
unknown. Defame its clever trees. Now Frank
any estimates I mean like are there particular roads that generally have such just
noticed. The.
Mammogram. Like I said. I don't know that.
That sounds so there to potentially be hundreds of trees.
But nothing's documented. As far as them being quote telling trees correct nothing
has been writing. Usually in particular one of you to one of your events
a really good example of some of the rewarding planning to produce
a lot off of the right of way and messenger and want to do it with. I know that you
can probably do plant more for the trees on the Hill. And that does create
a little bit of
a problem because of the way people are reading because they're going to. Using
public funds and again we don't know what do you risk if you don't use one of them
won't whenever there's
a plant with and where they can be planted within twenty feet of the Right away you
don't have a bird within the roadway so it creates a different point
a situation where they are can see the public for the trees on the master
a lot because of that and technically that's why we can sit here and I'm.
So also you have to have. Written permission from the private landowner to do this
. I better serve but arbors for fifteen years I went to school for urban force us
to care of our urban forest as
a tree along the street tree in front of your house this book was going to be when
I was in college and it's called the Learning and includes Chapter eighty seven
which used discussing right now and discovered that the finest public shade trees.
I've worked in every capacity there is in true work from the municipal side to
private to now the utility upon my council with eather communities
across the commonwealth from Brookline to Springfield. Everyone interprets
this differently than to read it aloud Section seven of Chapter eighty seven allows
the tree warden to use public or donated funds to plant.
Trees on private property with the concerns written consent of the private land
over here. What does that do to the house healthy trees
as how to get the trees off the street away from cars made from other things
someone did this right at one point it's the written consent part yeah the part of
these other communities and I have some things here that.
From what from my investigator getting to this. Town mind you might be
the only town in the Commonwealth to retain all or ship or tribe or an ownership of
any tree planted on public property. Title Brookline retains ownership of trees for
five years after the initial five year period the property owner assumes all in
full ownership and stewardship of the tree. Karkare it is two years Bridgewater's
right away Wister right away new town. I mean I knew then.
Right away Springfield is two years they take care of the trees just the nation to
survive. Private owners
a lot is close to this without meaning to send the disgust of the homeowners this
is a superior in way to interpret it this is how
a lot of these folks interpret it so I guess it understand if they're theoretically
private charities then why are we came for anything to have the real you really not
i don't we grinding them. Not the end that they did not grant you not doing
anything that countless. OK. I am sorry misunderstood I thought we were
doing other granting of the trucks. The utility is covering those who will cover
that last Yeah OK. So does anybody know who the true work was
a drag them into and he's. So I can tell you that I own a house with
a tree planted by the town one of you on private property I don't own the house
anymore hope you're with me but I don't remember all I remember was. I so I would
like a tree that was
a true removed from prior to buying the house he said. He dumps easily be glad to
plant
a tree but we're trying to plant them off the edge of the streets or not you're the
salt in the truck while trucks are you OK with us planting your tree on your
property here's where the sewer lines are that will be good to put it here and I
just. Remember that long ago saying who's going to take care of this tree and he
says it's the town straight so I said OK if it's that downstream I'm all for exotic
ranches sat No there was no nothing in writing and you know that's I mean part of
the way business was done for many years in small town America so anyway I
could only use that experience as leading me to wonder if that was
a policy that was
a continued from Mr Kleiber who planted so many trees in town I remember as
a youngster him planting trees all over that. Side of that's the one I can speak to
so I think originally there was the intent that those were town troops you know
there's not really written proof of that but it just seems from the you have to
double evidence that that's kind of been people that some minus three yes there's
a bit they will be of OK Three of the point of the what's in section seven yes it's
mostly written mission but you know it's also what you have written permission has
been examined public from you know if you can get written permission and public
funds go over the rock over. What he did it is kind of affecting
California by definition they're they're public
a crease and so they're here required. Based upon written permission
and if you have written permission I would agree to that absolutely Well it seems
like we cannot go back in time I say whether they were written permission but I
think what we can do is come up with
a plan as it says on her agenda going forward Well absolutely it seems to me like I
would rather err on the side of conservatism and say all the trees that are within
that right away that might be considered. So-called quieter troops that we run
through the public show a true process of her and her and that we have
a plan to do that so you avoid this in the future I think part of what I've heard
is that there are many people who are upset because the homeowner may have known
but many others in town do know trees are a topic in
a neighboring town as well. So the true words American to die often take
a little bit of heat for various reasons so I think we need to you know err on the
side of. Public information rather than maybe what
we could get away with a letter of
a water how would you know that is my dad I'm not trying to get away with anything
. Down a five eleven trees that are resting in my eyes as
a professional I came to your tree warden and he instructed me what to do I went
and knocked on everyone's door with my initial plan because I have
a son of Monica I grew up here in
a great place the money center I care about I know majority of the people that
knock on the door and I explained back to my management after source we are taking
down this eleven trees that I have it down to five that are risk. This is going to
impact the hell I'm on the street I would like to do
a planting here we want to replace these trees to everything air. This is not half
heartedly this is great intentions These are trees on private property that we are
moving and I have written consent for all of the civil rights sorry I'm sorry my
comment get away with was not necessarily. Attempt at you know get away
with it as if we can get away with it and get away with it was more like maybe we
can still beat the law without having this hearing but I say rather err on the side
of. Of being conservative I'm out of here any time we deal with the tree going
forward it's up to you folks you know have to create by
a lot of matter directly to do that. With
a bunch freshly severed this river drive will work our way right and saying that
we're gonna put it on no trees live and if we put those trees within
a twenty four shade tree right away that going to put the burden of the time on of
you to. Continue to take care of those trees because of that's the case that is.
All these trees that are already existing are going to be shade trees are going to
be within the twenty four and now we're going to have to preserve the rewards
budget for a lot for
a lot more than what we have in there to continue to maintain these shade trees.
I'm going to go in I'll tell you my personal opinion honestly I'm not
a tree warden I'm not spending public funds the plant these trees I'm going to I'm
on the assumption that these property owners understand these are their trees from
here on out after I put them in the ground.
And that that's Best Buy But what about the existing Now if you're here same all
trees on top of the hill planted by the subprime or by were. There within the
right of way you're on the hook for
a lot of trade Yes we are No one do not have the personnel to solve every day
dreaming trees to preserve the rivers not have the budget as tree budget to do you
have
a point of order effect that this is the second part of the current agenda is talk
about a plan for replanting going forward and you know Mr Berger I was raising
a question that we're about to address. And we're not on that topic yet where of
the topic of these eleven trees were. Particularly companies saying that they're
planning to replant them
a bribe some of them I'd like to separate those two if we possibly could. OK Well
they're very much intertwined but we'll try to do so generally and so we're going
to go into the understanding Arbor and work for every source of income executive
for me this isn't going to come because. I just want to state and congratulations
for your collection but I think we clarified the origin of the offering pay from
a pilot program that we have instituted incentives for he was very successful
coming replanting program to do this it is
a great deal of change recognize the opportunity to maybe do this again and he
offered it first to talk to our management if it was possible to do an accounting
plant in the place and program and when we have once we get approval for management
then back to the talks tomorrow and offered it to the town so it was I just want to
put it in the context even though you are making light of it being
a taking. It was really offer to the town because an
opportunity we had to one benefit in town to improve our reliability. Trees die
nobody knew the Dutch elm disease was going to run away from all the homes in
Massachusetts something to be already knew that the agent. Asked for was going to
come to western Massachusetts and still ravage ash trees monthly So what what
you have is an opportunity for us to take these trees that were deemed I'm healthy
and do this so you something in the future it's neighborhood for us to begin to
plan for and and look forward to so that was the concept in Springfield we
applied it to all of you I just put forth
a concept in the context of Polish office. You can.
Tell me do we have
a power of this one of. The five or more for forty.
We did our own took our ME A FAVOR the family Bill put at risk your privileges for
us for. It was a limb from
a tree that crossed our hall so. The purpose of all of this is removal of Bedford
is increasing reliability so I just want to put things into perspective one becomes
repeats of the we don't like them but we're trying to offer the reliability of
times. If you. Without the of these pundits about to come out I'm going to go out
on
a limb and say that. With the border it's that I don't believe that we're
against trees coming down if necessary it was just the lack of information. To
everybody who have to drive by after the fact to go well so I don't think it's
necessarily came down but the process that was used to inform the community that
they were coming down. Understood Yeah the media and their project that you can
mention strength field every one of those was
a. Public tree but on the tree about these are just trees that are really. Accused
feet out just not much left to them these are all right trees and you know that's
and I did my best effort and discussing with each individual private land on there
and your tree water on this end and I need I see enough in the future. The rich
recognizing the fact that maybe we should talk to more people about this like. Take
it. Mr Kelly sexist I think there's
a lot of positives here and I just think that the process has definitely releasing
a woman and I would just welcome to ask for
a. Really good hold around today every source. For exactly what it is worth the
researchers
a lot of good doing. Well and then there. Are
like that group. You know I think it's a tie there is
a lot of concern about the trees and I think that that was the problem is that this
is
a great project that we are aware of it and I think that this is something that could
be
a real plus and I welcome the prize of all I ask is that there's more community input
and I think that's why we're asking for the hearing this out of business time to
talk the community talk
a little bit and you won't have this problem in the future if we people just have
the opportunity to talk together and prepare for years I've been here since the
seventy's and I understand how people love their trees there but also understand
how oh sorry Steve you are
a cake take I am doing with trees do took you know I used to go you know and I have
. Been here but I really believe that we are on the right track here in trying to
get the community and. You guys together on the same page I think what happened
was just
a communication breakdown I think everybody really more story there. You know this
too look I like to share their resources but as a public here in Dallas I'm
a newspaper and also you know put
a public. Hearing notice with the slightly higher today. On the
agenda every time you're going to have some type of mass destruction destruction so
we are going to have and put as to the information as to the price of OK what type
of trees are you going to put up put the size and are they dk we are hearing
information after the fact and so if you go to any other community and was dressed
like you're going to pass just impose notices in the recorder's say X.Y.Z.
Territory X. Y.
Location people are invited to the public hearing to know about what's going on in
their community about wires etc So if they ever sort of come in and out need to
establish these these rules and regulations of building relationships with the
community and to do that you need to. Build on communication
you need to build public to awareness you need to have public notices in you to
have open it and I think this is
a prime example of the failure of that and I'm sure this in the future I would make
a recommendation before you tear down any more trees that you have the public for
the House and also the slight lead in this community and you posted to this paper
now we all those trees are
a tree belt that could be on our town property it will be on private property but
the take is we've heard
a lot of outrage here and we hear it loud and clear that maybe there are some
errors in some miscommunication on all parties. And so I look
forward to the fact that maybe we can move forward on this and we can draft some
policies and procedures on. So we can work together in the future and so I have
mendacious and savor and create some type of policy that would include.
The future of tyranny destruction to have an open forum to make sure it's posted in
this paper what streets that's town the neighbors of all notified as policies have
been passed of us and asked to come think it is to go I'm just going to maybe ask
her frank I'm not sure if you can clarify this remark but she was to me that that
requirement is really bore of the true order to be one of our polling
a public hearing we're going bench differently here today when I sat down with them
to try to get my feet just
a little bit well you know maybe that's something where public hearings are
sometimes hard to pull together we certainly could start
a public hearing up there coincide with
a select or meeting so we could help the public access to live T.V.
You know and just run it but I think that that if ever source wants to retreat and
I do see that there was damage to those trees understand that but I think it was
the process that that's the challenge. Under the public here is people are getting
to what he has an exemption if they go through the process of notifying the you
know he of the war well your management plan ninety days worth of you don't.
Need get back to them within sixty days of approval Otherwise you get back up like
we had a meeting the other day I was suggesting the market if this is
a situation where there are massive number of trees or
a very large trees I would just pick it up to the slightly don't have to do that
here I mean it doesn't you know they can feud down to your request is just
a way of getting the word out and using the selectmen meeting as the vehicle to do
no. We have
a problem in any of those paper to say yeah. We contact Mark got
any tree removal that is tree that belongs to the tile. This was my best get my
interpretation private trees on private property. Well so can
I ask along because we really haven't gotten to WHAT'S THE So what's the plans of
the trees removed. From the people who have good was worked up today who did not
want to look at the big pieces of wood or are there some there's still somewhat on
mine of you so you'll see on Thursday I will have
a crew there raking up cleaning up the last of the yards. And what will remain is
the stops I now have to go up there and mark them and call Dick safe for Stumper
mobile. The nurseries are open now they've got stock and I've been waiting for
a full stop to come back to the residence with two or three selections for them to
choose what they would like back on their properties and I will be replacing each
tree so if you discuss with Mark the species the truth and appropriateness for sure
you trees in the circuit I'm not sure what your plans are for. This sort of Ember
to shade trees as
a generic tear under some of these could be your mental trees as well so. I'm there
. I am waiting to revisit the nursery. And then I
will be planting these trees personally. Jeff I have questions one is was there if
there's
a way that now is not required. To. Do
it is worth let her work on their salary he said it is dollars wired is something
that until you can do with a town or at
a trade work every class to understand is that I have to look at that at that one
but yes not require that we send them an education that we have to walk for through
the law that was or no they were who were the problem here is proof to the point
where you have a difference of opinion over what public here is really if it's
a public group prove their nuclear weapons. What was the mood when you can hear
them so these three certainly agree but. I mean I think it was very clear very. I
shouldn't be saying this because I'm trying to cover this but I mean I quoted in
the article it was kind of security because.
These are private trees on private property which do not require do not. Require
a probably carry for their mobile on the chapter What's your basis for saying.
Treaties were on private property and they said I'm proud of their house
a pound. Or two
a lot of my clothes or they would do it within twenty feet the most probably
planted is probably trees. I don't think
a lot and I don't think it was obviously it was
a problem with documentation but it seems to me when you're having trouble
documenting it then you start to go Geez you're having trouble documenting what
this is public. Which I brought my article with me because I thought it was quite
clear on this well what are the right Marjorie for what are all right and we got
some of those didn't leave me with no question about that I write more for the
United and. I don't know how to manager I know that there are some of those are
cheering for you the fact is you play trees were planted on private property and we
don't have really the SAT and that's my interpretation of the law that.
There's ever communities. There's other communities out there that point trees on
private property and that is sometimes the best thing to do do you watch on those
trees afterwards I think that's three hundred fifty one other commuter three
hundred fifty other communities in the Commonwealth on Washington. It seems to me
that's a discussion that needs to can continue
a bit you're going to determine what's going on but you know what this one. At this
point. Whether or not the trees were cut out legally or illegally and how you
determine if the trees are gone really I can put it back not what you can do is
revenge date yet with something that's appropriate that seems like the plan so I
think that the plan moving forward is not the ideal because sit here and argue over
what was legal or not I can I'm no expert I can read the legal opinion of our
attorney seems like they may have been shade trees in his letter although it's not
a watch just as all trees within
a public way are the boundaries there of it doesn't say whether they're private or
public trees just as all tricks fall is out and you know where does that come from
is out interpretation or is actually curvature of the law I don't know and I don't
know that we need to figure that out. I think what we need to do is have
a plan to deal with what's not agreed and prevent it from happening it happened
while we're doing that plan I think it would be good to have
a comprehensive plan of how we deal with other trees in town that are removed on so
that if they treat us removed because it's
a nuisance then maybe we have some policy that at least we put
a tree to replace that tree and some other more appropriate or something like that
but I think we you know we're just going to spin our wheels all night if we try to
point absolutely who's wrong and so was you know I think we we need to go forward
with the situation and keep moving forward and Mark's fully aware of this so yes
I'm here in Tampa. So looking forward. There are getting more trees that are
going to come up that are going to last until it inevitably. Are you will be are
you willing to do public hearings whether it be. Through this through of the tree
warden or through the boards like train that will be the in my eyes the job to
morning OK So just as you as a private residence you have
a tree in front of your house and you wish Journal that lawsuit down Hugh would
request of the gang for that's what I do when I contact Marc OK All right so Mark
if you could be in touch with free land from sorry for sharing can't we just never
publish Yeah that would be great in that way we can know. What's going on and then
Frank you can let us know if we need to hold here for
a. Very good I'm looking forward great to have some discussion around the city and
that trying to better this process in the future yes most definitely that's our
introducing yourself I don't think anybody wants and this is not just about with
this would this be considered policy or would this actually need to be enacted this
summer will by law for him to or is how we would pursue with this or proceed. I
would I would think the biochar would make the most going to be we're going to
we're going to be for the five year having
a policy of who you know requesting that hearing. Just because you think it's
a good idea or the board you're going to do
a movie even if even if not. You know within the law in the case you know the law
library here. I think it makes sense and I think to Tom's point it makes sense to
determine how long is the town only trees are they considered private trees but at
the end of their life is the town going to handle reproval and replacement I don't
know think there's more discussion that needs to how often I can. Put off Also be
aware of almost every type of your article of the taper it's not just
a few. Boxer shorts
a couple hundred dollars to get his budget is over thirty five hundred dollars per
trade here in progress to the postings here in the oval we can't do it
ourselves Starbuck is always so big so just so we come back we're scared.
Please understand
a. Thirty five overbet to be sufficient. Yes we wanted to
ask
a question about the hybrid trees as we're calling them has the county ever. Either
with a town always or a page from having any of these cases taken down when
a homeowner is requesting that one of these trees be removed the kind of national
respect and love them right away it's that I'm sorry I couldn't count as we will
try to treat. Some pirates reason this makes them correctly this time you will not
only in the right away OK So just when you say in the right of ways that designing
something from mounting I want to hang around the fountain here.
So if these folks on my your street whose trees have just been lieutenant come to
you and said these are Kleiber trees I want you to take them down with your. The
final say on healthy OK So if we're willing to take them down and tell you when to
. Pull out
a public hearing and of course. It really concrete recounted when it
clearly and when we were in the house on but really ready to sign learn better
cycle. So if we're willing to take
down the clutter tree that to me and the case that the town feels some ownership of
these trees in which case plan one is going to be. Taken down there should be and
here is that and I did the understanding. So I think that our
past practice has been to treat the quieter trees as though they were protecting
trees if we've been willing to take them down at our expense rather than the
private homeowners expense that seems to me that they're not private homeowners
trees I have not taken up right now. So you are not taking any other Kleiber trees
I have taken one time choosing here like
a second to the right oh boy were these in the right way marked they were outside
the time frame that's the oldest one hire
a tree that's in the stock real. Estate market you know can I say something here
please I would work with climate. And he planted trees as far away from the power
lines as he could. And you know it's why. You don't tell me what I can do with it.
You know that's what it seems like it's here it's on private property law I mean
like the plan of the trees although he probably was in diapers when you claim that
some of these you guys are planning to buy but.
I don't understand where the town gone and tells me what I can do with my land.
The treated I have. Just took down the pencil with
a little bit of that. Because of the proof that no redeeming value at all.
That here trees are falling in your yard. And Mark went up there and said I can't
really take this tree down because it's not that bad. If you're not very.
You know please tell me where it's going. Pretty soon I don't have any rights in my
yard of mine to save my neighbor you can't have you didn't want any more. I'm sorry
I'm right thank you very dumb and I think I think I'd like to say something also
because I'm also going to come after you and I have
a business on my street and I did ask Mark to have one of our trees taken down
because branches were on and I was concerned with my customers coming in and out of
my driveway that something was going to happen to
a vehicle or someone walking on the sidewalk and
a branch falling on top of someone so we had two trees in our front yard and they
were
a danger area where he reads I have to look out for other people as well and as you're
saying about private property if those trees are on Tiger property why is it you
can have to get in to tell us if we can take them down or not that's my question
why does it have to be anything if it's on
a home or his property I can understand if it's in
a park or something that involves a community but
a private home ownership you have to ask the community that have actually taken
down the property so I'd like some clarification on that.
We're. Going to have to explain it was supposed to be reporting right and I think
the question comes down to where they plan to buy public so they fall under the
section seven which called them public shade trees we really don't know that if the
company had that up they might have fallen under the public shade tree it's I don't
know the law. You know any more than what I can read from our attorney but I think
that's where in the discussion here comes from tonight and I don't think anybody.
Is necessarily saying that they shouldn't have been removed I think the question
comes to comes around if they were published
a treason the process or the flow then the process wasn't followed so can we make
that process happen the way and that's what we're doing.
OK So future events he'll be in touch with have they done. Regular sitting. Next.
To kip so was
a national anthem of this point if I wanted to work on drafting some sort of my
wall for next eighteen without meeting with the understanding that this year we'll
have
a policy of continuing kind of what the conversation was tonight so we have. Some.
Definitive plan to make their motion I can play at least like to make
a motion that we not have as an action item to create
a biological wing with our public shade trees or trees that might be considered
public shade trees and we're going to coming up with
a bylaws for twenty sixteen annual town meeting until such time we'll ask the true
word to inform the town of any trees that might be considered public shade trees
and go through the hearing process to assure notification of residence I think you
let them know channel arms is I think that people hate the sound of. A fall that
line the flanker G.'s and then. I will say Yes I'm changing now
I'm after
a census any publication must change. My mind change
and site down right. Well that's what I think we need to determine in the next year
but until then we eat out
a plan to deal with the trees that might come time I would hope that we could have
a plan that might be down five three four five or a dozen trees if we have to have
a hearing so it's not
a hearing per trip but I think we need to have something. More rigorous you settled
that I should also ask. Any critters the ocean. I just want to
warn you from my experience just remember that it's you up to
a lot of liability trees to say you know yet another piece of the we can look at.
Discussion of this at. All if they were. All right
Mr Stevens how there's been question of just general curiosity about what the
policy in the plan is for tree replacement in town few western town some of the
more I think down something on the. I've had and we've planted trees even though
I may not be plant trees yes unless they say so but I would use
a planner last. These pages they
say they're going to get what's here it's cost free anywhere between one hundred
eighty nine dollars and three and
a few years that you. And one of the questions work that I've heard come up is
around this memorial fund that's just out there for specifically for replacing
trees if you can use that money or have read all those large money I've used that
money. That Sheffield loves Sheffield school parking lot as far. As that
money has to give back. The plastic it's planning on going through there.
I think after you know it various other places. There was.
Character stamps he says that about seven thousand dollars down. The hall was four
thousand dollars so I mean I'm not. I'm plant trees because money being added to
that free you know records here and you know to that have got me first good girl
who are going to be donating twenty dollars each time from the disease of the one
hundred dollars who would not one will actually grow
a lot of grass with. A bit over ten years
to think of that when she's with a deluded forty thousand. If you don't have
a reason no you have to balance the new counters So for example no no no he's been
going out of your account if there was
a thunderstorm to his counsel and I think you watched the couple meetings ago Mr
Dent will give you for us and asked about trees for the skate park up so we tend to
believe that some of what he say to that. Thread are also just.
As a from a sure Mark says he bought
a one hundred dollars to three hundred fifty gots the cost of three or three guys
a piece of equipment that takes hours to plant one tree times Mark usually look at
three or forced out by the river that's all there is the farmer fired off the three
guys so I guess the cost of that I know it's
a work day but it's also not holding the south or Bill.
Or Mars days apart perfectly and still. Hold up business for cost us
the free stuff so the tree goes down the tree
a new tree goes then that's the policy. If there's anything you can take to take
the tree down you cannot put a G.M.
Same spot. On you because you're going to stop the strongest part look at you take
your tree down economy you want to put sheet back in time to. I mean like for
instance there's a fact but it came out of. Your Third Avenue I mean in
a plant you're right one stumps don't. Put another tree until it's going to be
closer to the other that's still. First take the stump and you take the
risk taking on water lines and taking
a risk taking the power lines out what I mean anyway that tree survived because
they were under irrigation for so many years that then trees were and the sheep in
a high traffic area went out and. The average creature. The last seven years.
Has been thirty something or forty eight people or. Those trees where the furniture
you're going through with this street sweeper over. Here just. To the right just to
that end this summer with the assistance of the first car going to be doing the
tree and the Tory of the downtown area starting to really want to expand into other
areas of town or we're going to pile it to downtown to inventory what we have for
publishing. And the help from them still to be the start of the Congress and plan
to. Make sure that the streets over to the community is going to have the
opportunity to review the company so it sounds like we'll learn more about this
when the plans done but in in your opinion the trees that are in the trees get
boxes are they I mean it was healthy Some are OK some of them are on
the site have. Been in between. For ground battles and they're
very large. So I guess what I'm thinking of this is if there. Would you say half of
them are starting to get towards the later end of their life. I mean like
was
a sense of intrigue. And I didn't research and this town and yes.
I can sleep well. I have
a mom and downstairs I'm downstairs and that's the thing. People is on
the map they have this need is. Absolutely planted project trees from my
kitchen Scaife trees where I'm actually. Not
a full blown. Civil. War talking about it's
really happening. Just tell me. So you go back to
the ave a once for
a moment I guess for him to hear the about those does should we be looking at it
sounds like if one comes out there's two in
a box of one comes out we can't really replace it without really just to get
a job to replace them so in
a bar and then planters my opinion they play to win each of these out in Tamil to
close to. One trillion or lances for those of us
so in your opinion in the next three to five years as we're continuing to do these
don't have streetscape projects should we be progressing towards. Taking them out
and replace saving the pair that's in there or the one that's left in there should
we be working towards trying to place replace seeing the boxes I want to act so
that I'll fly out. OK you're going to flock to me in a flower park you have
a growing friendship Oh I'm sure there's
a sort of course and that's one of the biggest problems. So what we're working on
this treatise has been
a project of warfare it sounds like we should also be looking for
a completely downtown. Replace the project
for. It sounds like for sure if he got what he's worth ten of them if they blast
four or five times their expected life to go to devalue it. Yeah OK so that's
something we are going to surprise you because Richard says when these one if you
have that I have
a copy of any carry with me. So with the exception of the downtown trees that are
far more complicated because of the boxes the policy is one for one. Mysterious
money if that money right there money's there I mean we have it was flowing through
here I just found on my own which I have hope for badly I came back to the finest
after sixty seven thousand people live here because we missed the story of this
deal yeah just to Mr Jensen It's been pointed mantra Committee Chairman and I'm
going to pass it you know by people he chopped down some of the trees they cannot
work together to see. The place I was in commerce or some type of our brains so are
we are after this discussion again if you go in there and chopping down trees down
next to me as I'm aware of that process there there will be no trees chopped up if
you're down there all discussion at this point to committee should be by you have
easily created a grill and a good example. I double cheese and I have in
a way this when I buy from my parents it was completely known that
Buffalo make up the food if it grows with. Me
a lot of public here because it was a public say so I mean to get
a public campaign or
a public safety but I don't want to get mad because you can be yes I don't know if
you have that right my chapter I said I write by the Japanese you know. So the
question would come up with the tree was that it was winter yet but did you replant
something in some other always and rules what is it was put there by two by two and
so how does. A discussion that we I think need to go into deeper as part of this
procedure if we if we want to replant a tree for
a tree removal maybe we can do it in the same place so maybe we come up with some
policy that replace it within
a certain percentage. Very very very very into the down when it's good in order to
change three anywhere if we have
a policy one for one you have to say that Debian's off that may not mean that you
can place
a tree within. Three feet of the other tree or Tempe or you know we may want to
come up with some discussion about if we decide you have some sort of policy around
that very That says
a functional house for over an hour right now I have no idea and it's quite
possible as if we started doing
a downtown project to replace and it sounds like it's quite possible we might have
to completely dig out the entire planet every day and redo the whole this might be
if we come up with a comprehensive plan or
a community development. Project for water yeah Step three Vaillant term ready.
To go Mr Devil the it is our first oh I hate what I say again as I said in town
meeting how much I appreciate the hard work the true north he does especially when
to. See him out there you know he's he's there in the worst weather with his crew.
Responding immediately to emergencies as they develop and works very hard my
questions in town meeting were to the point of how much of I think the account said
there was eleven thousand dollars annually for tree removal and replacement and
what I'm hearing
a little bit more from you tonight is that there are winter is there are years when
the entire project for tree removal and replacement is spent and then some on
removal So what I'm wondering is. Really appreciates work work for taking
action on making sure. The public hearings are held regarding public shade trees in
the future but I'm wondering is if we can prompt the Finance Committee to look at
splitting those. Two functions of the tree warden into two separate line items so
that there is
a budget that is specifically for tree planting that is not touched in the heat you
know during the winter storm season and if he expands or over expands monies due to
adverse conditions weather conditions and removal that he goes to finance committee
to replenish that road but still left over to replant So that's that's. You know
a suggestion that I would make because when you look around downtown. Over the
years there have been number of trees removed that have not been replanted I think
that's that would be easy to walk around and show you that the stumps and leave
them. Even the streets block by block where you don't plant right where the tree
was removed as we've just heard but there has been no replanting for example on
Fourth Street where
a couple of trees come out on my block on Third Street. We've had to come out from
the spinner park in those two small square planters they're empty now he's talking
people told you about the one that came down last winter there was another one that
came down several years ago on the craps maybe they were too thickly planted but
they're coming out one by one. There's another dead one and there's two more that
are well on the way between the Library of the. Fifth Street and then
right in front of. I guess you would call it the wise building whatever it is now
there's two or three more that are dying it's clear to see so even before this
inventory that the town planners talk about we've lost
a number of trees the one next to the library is a lot of people. Who lost
a number trees that have not been replaced like the waterfront could be OK So what
I'm wondering. It is I guess all of it brief and just say I think that if eleven
thousand dollars is not enough to do all the removal with where the weather has
been lately and we may expect it to continue with severe storms but it's not enough
could we you know at least have
a discussion with the Finance Committee with the support for the Finance Committee
about allocating more specifically for replanting and and an addendum to that for
me as did the town must have in the past maintained its own nursery so that we
could reduce the cost of
a tree replanting and do we still love you no. More can you tell you can't meet and
actually. You bought. Into half.
Inch natural insight or. Maybe marginally.
At all about your own. Family empire now I mean this is before we have
actually had access to here how about we never were the. Like where the dark
Council is now is a new public land that we could buy
a public plan for players who could well it's just
a suggestion and you would do it all better than I I know the Highway Department
has lost I think about third of its staff just in the brief period of time that
I've lived here I mean we've cut back and cut back and what I'm afraid is that in
the process of cutting back we're going to be cutting back over our share trees
downtown and in the other pillar centers like
a cage down. The same way find it downtown today
what might have been want to go to from the city you know well that's that's great
I didn't know that that you can indeed be replanted out is the question that I have
still are we replan downtown Yes because there's no lawns there's just
a tree go down and. And so I've got the wires and we've probably got sewer so I
know it's
a problem we don't want to lose them all and I'm wondering what. OK
last question her coming OK I think this bend
a great discussion I think we're learning
a lot tonight and my experience for the D.P.W.
Mr Berger market has been great they don't really responsive coming out and taking
care of lives that have been down and you know I think going forward we've got to
take a David brings up
a good point maybe we need to budget more money for the tree warden deep tell you
in general but the town this is the face of the town people come to town they see
the trees they're very important I'm also glad to hear there's been many trees
planted in judging by this guy's response to things that need to be done if we all
get together and work together decide where we need trees we can plant the trees
and I just hope I just hope that in the paper on Friday the local paper that is not
the headline is that these trees will cut down legally it's
a great area. To gray area people take advantage of the gray areas. When I take
the advantage of the gray areas here where we're that we're delving into the nuance
of the gray areas and this is we need to deal and if you guys do
a great job at it and want to say thank you thank you but I'll say thank you very
much and I think as
a matter of fact we could encourage our resource. Doing business with Western Mass
like the West reflecting whatever it is to continue the plan that you have to have
you know again following that we have hearings but the procedure over having
a replacement plan and so forth for those trees you know is not costing the town
any wanting and it's serving the utility and I do know that something happened in
goal because. I got like thirty seven e-mails from work about low voltage
corrections. And regional to. Just say you know other communities to you that your
place of programs when it comes to their placement of
a tree that was healthy that. These are urban little of risk trees don't really
fall upon that I mean that is their plan to plan the future should be huge here but
a down a five Howser tree. And asked me to fly out that's all that's
a lot it's not something I'm going to say no to we can say no to you but that's
just so you know that's how it happens and how to drink something yeah OK All right
well thank you Jennifer payment and they give you
a sheet of everyone's comments. In
. Kind of Ministers are poor and it's the word of principle for goodness proportion
of money is lost in the master you want to trust
a man if you are gassing thirteen dollars. And you know that those who are there
are being
a loner who are in need of punctuation replaced with cloud their. Judgment I mean
you're going to go off we.
Can. Probably grow up
a crowd of corporate one would play through the clubs but it wouldn't form on for
three and one POP three. Network we are going on the way.
We. Were proof already if you prefer all. The under
the everybody would go to which we were good deal and well what is going to do and
who's here is that we also call up art or marginal got this money will go. As for
the sort of additional fifty one thousand dollar reduction in principle which is
really very So it actually ends up being
a loan that the problems of something between one and two percent. I just want to
cap that do the laundry excellent. At Gilley's it seems to me need
a sort of washing to accept out money. Who's going to say how.
The next item is
a new development discretionary fund here and as you go. We have
block grants on the reality or. BLOCK trade however the purposes of
this particular item I'm asking for twenty one hundred dollars for flags black
holes and brackets this is what I was notified by the yell fire chief that the
flags there were used last year all over and. It was one of the turnstiles
were in pretty poor shape they get bang bang up pretty early with the weather and
everything and then mention that the ones over military are also in pretty bad
shape and there was a risk that we were going to have flags up for
a Memorial Day And so I'm asking for fun I asked both men
involved Ascot just how much we needed to get replacements flag means twenty one
hundred dollars so this will come out of the result in the discretionary count we
currently have thirty four thousand one hundred seventy six ninety nine cents in
discretionary money to us this will use twenty one hundred of that for the flag.
Will be a vote on the. Should I make
a motion to expend up to twenty one hundred dollars of community development
discretionary. Phones for blacks. The second that. You have
a discussion. Just for the record that's for one hundred ten flags.
Eight till sixty eight flag poles and then brackets around the.
Comp going to actually oh lord morrow or gal tomorrow excellent will be up for. My
guys all of. Us Part of our goes out away so.
It's
a. Welcome all for walk away well you just want to talk around.
It Off out there. In memory of the late Mr Gilmore I
remember last time we bought flags at how big you requested that they were made in
the USA so we can make sure. They are local flags have saved by Excellent thank you
. Our favor I think you make sounds.
Good actually Don't you remember at the annual meeting meeting floated this created
in the rafters with all the assistance program work project but yes I feel cool for
placement of the windows of the room in. That part because I think about one point
one million. Of the grid what it was going to point out in seventy six percent of
that. Eternal meeting article board article actually said that the balance of the
pound sure this would be funded through
a debt excluding those who were dead excluding we have to take it before the voters
it's going to be put on the on the ballot. In the view actually it will be put on
the same delegate you got textual. Oh I don't know for. They're going before the
voters. And they see what the requirement of the mask in
a lot of those the selectmen have to vote also
a minute addition to the town meeting vote it's like when I have to also vote to
a place that that. Article before the voters that exclusions and
the specific language that the stable are specifies and I read that.
Sheldon you have town in
a lot of you'll be allowed to exempt from the visions of propositions to remaster
called the amount required paid for the bomb if you in order to run the town
palatable share of costs to replace windows in the auditorium last year made with
Wayne including the payment of all costs relative there to as
a result of the monies detestation into the house the school building assistants
are programmed in
a majority vote is required. It would be this we want what the old out of her room
. Before get into even the an auditorium she's
a Sheffield school. You know. She left which.
I mean promotion offering just described. I'll second.
And Frank is this a separate will this be
a separate ballot I thought good I was talking about being on the scene about. The
from
a court I don't know I guess. I think that there are some specific requirements
around the ballot with Bond comes ready for the tech monkey to be salted
think it's
a separate ballot and needs to be identical in all towns check counsel we need to
check as Bond counsel on this one I think that's what they're called but this
together so we better we will sure I think it might be. Get asked I think
it might you have
a First are you OK with do you know it's going to have the same day that we're
there is because the same day it's yeah you have the same time. You know
I just have this you know that vote was coming up and then we get the right people
you know say. These are any minimal amount of number of people that have the polish
then have a hard time getting
a revote election we just had. You know there is
a curse of metal on my heart that it will it's
a vote of all ninety pounds on the same day and it's all majority of the voters who
voted in all nineteen of those so all three people who show up to vote that they
would suffice for life. My understanding is it's
a majority of all voters who voted that as I understood also Texas was going to pay
to run this current piggy backing. That.
I can't speak for the taxable side I mean I would think I would think that the
outing of
a couple extra votes would. Think I don't think I speak for the school so I made
what twenty years of the cost of setting up all stations right which we stand with
local people with Deb's doing I believe her time and ours and that was going to pay
back at that history originally. By the actual throw something else on that is that
kind of. Where. Does that change the dynamics of the costs.
I think the only place the great change. The high payoff. That's what that wants to
do over she's watching you split that's going to be saying life. Oh
sure the school would agree with you but if they're not around to break. OK.
All right we've been watching the very sedate of the extrusion for doing something
June twenty third thank you the same day as the scenario do you get. That get
emotional second in the table on Dave or All right. Next Frank OK the
next it was one it came up with the last forty eight hours. Remember where we
didn't get
a. Request with got to you know. Better. Because appearing in the tension
of the D.C.U.
Proceedings for the kid to Morgan. Northeastern the direct pipeline project and
we had
a conference call today. With the A legal counsel representing. The
coalition group and the thing is that in the last forty eight hours it was after I
think on Friday that. After would be
a coward or close to the weekend. The minute one of the representatives of the
coalition got notified that that this had to be fly or by this coming crisis so it
didn't get on the agenda we published it on Thursday afternoon and so we have we
published it and then this is the agenda today and then what it says was.
Money was eventually indeed
a new hearing regarding proposed pipeline results. That's
a town of Montague joining the plan. And the network the purpose of the best
intervention in the pew proceedings involving the proposed in the Morgan northeast
direct pipeline pursuant to the town meeting vote of May second two thousand and
fifteen under Article two so basically an assumption is that the town meetings that
take all actions necessary to oppose the project. I know was an
advisory vote for this Lukman can fall back on that I think the fact that the point
of the board to look into this was an indication that they were supportive of
considering it and this is basically
a follow up on getting it on the agenda that emerges the vote can have to be done
so obviously flyable of
a sense the funding for hard. They
can. To Stay with us just for. Higher.
I made a motion to the. Was by giving showing
a pre-planned the plan dash any act of proposed for the purpose of
intervention in D.P.
You proceedings involving the proposed cancer Borgen northeast energy direct
pipeline pursuant to the minute town meeting of May second two thousand and fifteen
capital. Second. Question. We just
reported discussion the this does not involve an expenditure of plans that it's
going to make must sometime down the road the other bills were not of the getting
the town on to come up with
a progress written or finishing the place for the. Moment. That.
Only about I mean are we intervene or isn't the proposed intervention in the
Berkshires gas president agreement with. The militants directly.
Or not actually intervening in the in the pipeline or anything in the Persian has
President. To do with the wording we start with here and I'll tell you if we have
enough I believe. All the department public utilities rather seedy revolves
from what I understand around the first year of the piece of it because that's
a state he's not that right that I met with somebody from by the way
called which I just as Richard mentioned election motion. Not sure that they want
us to be that specific because there may be other until it. Possibly going on to
the you didn't mention it in the one in question we have. To. Have all that for
the. First year gas Colombia gas National Grid to New Hampshire.
But the one that's directly related to this is that there's gas. For this question
. Most of you on the table I would say that I have I think it absolutely
have to do so. Other issues frankly that I have
a event deprecation the use of the press to far more use of how common this is the
money you mean again I guess they didn't get this isn't hard. They just wanted to
make sure that the rates were going to jail. Yeah they actually have the power.
Yeah. Right near through fifteen twenty second twenty nine. Like
thirteen what do you think's going to rain getting. Seventy eight thirty pm.
Well we want actually want to get this scientists basically want to get it like you
think you know does it have all the appropriate group of all. Of this is
that on this topic or already or in your community it. Was easier to anything else
schedule for the states will be so. Good
like I'll make
a motion that we approve one of your community band request for of the use of from
scamps going to park to practice that would be. June fifteen twenty second twenty
nine July thirteenth twentieth and possibly twenty seventh as around.
The time seven eight thirty pm I'll be setting up
a half hour clean up approximately fifteen minutes after they expect about forty
people. And it is signed. In the appropriate locations by the police
chief. And insurance is there.
Right respectfully request of the Phoebe place I make
a request to also my motion to waive the fees for this event as has been practiced
doubtful practice. Osteo saying that. If it is session.
You know see one of our cable I hate. What's. Next for
a. Link up with. Another bunch of Realtors much more.
Narrow majority of the second page. In this. Case. Because of.
This is for the Memorial Day parade in serving of the prince park area May twenty
fifth. Am of three pm. Three will proceed consecutive street you know
going to govern our. City and leave
them I'll make
a motion to. Pour the somebody for the Veterans Day
parade on May twenty fifth beginning in eighty four thirty pm. Expecting one
hundred two hundred fifty producers. At your second if not I'll second that.
Further discussion on favor by posting. Next rate
their story was related to the great going to book the best radio that's me.
To tear this to revel make
a motion to point out Well I think your. Second that. I'll
take over my face OK right. Before I was
a request from the Kelsey Katherine Michael Nelson. Forty
three told how do you feel for the Franklin County pumpkin Baskin parade perforated
. Location of the assembly is turns Falls High School on. May twenty third two
thousand and six you like to play again. Time of assembly ninety M.
To two pm expected now her dispense two hundred fifty. Will be
basically. Turns false face by school turnpike road rules follows for old days
through proper avenue Why did you see three turnpike road. Back turn this falls
place this. Number of people two hundred fifty expected. Here calls
expected to go for. Demonstration It's a spring five K.
Walk or run it's been signed by the police chief. He noted
please call ahead to arrange for traffic since it's so this is the third annual
spring five K.
Walk that's how the conjuncture in the spring prayed that it's the next agenda item
. That takes place prior to. Cannon and the day this broke
April twenty third two thousand and sixteen. Zero make
a motion to authorize the. Franklin County pump confessed to green Britain to.
Post the screenplay for the run and walk as presented. I was second at ease as
question here not always in favor I mean you have
a second record so the second item is the pray that goes in conjunction with the
five K.
Same time same date April twenty third twenty sixteen the actual parade starts at
one pm. After the five case completed and we start set up at ten am in or usually
get it completely cleaned up by three pm. So this again would be cracker of wanting
your street turn by road Miller's falls or
a high street Crocker of approximately three hundred people box only thirty
vehicles Chief please stop just sign the last call ahead for traffic system.
Action. OK that. Discussion here you see holes in things
I think. The writers want to get down into the well as it was an event that
is again sort of has no part. Of what one public library public show on Friday Aug
seventh maybe three AM Well I defer back to Mr Dawson thank you.
They've done this a couple times to have
a date Yeah you can do this because. The questions.
You know show the commotion to love you Supreme Council for.
Friday August seventh eight thirty am to twelve thirty pm for
a minute public libraries. Public Show event signed by the
police chief. Plus the fees be waived as it's out of town agency as well as
insurance for the town. I'll send. You the
questions comments here Nancy an article in favor. And the other topics of interest
faded. Will be OK Hard next regularly scheduled meeting it
is Monday June first at seven pm here in THE MONEY town hall whenever the later is
all. And that's why I want to take
a quick second just to think Mr Cooper lives again for joining us from aboard are
pleased to have you and also send us things to our colleague obviously very rather
who is no longer on the board we appreciate his many years of service they. Did
with us and we are pleased to hear that he's going to be continuing to. Counter is
in our other committees. And progressing up with us so thank you to Mr Good's Thank
you Mr Fair brother and on your good motion which are going. To start all
a favor right time is eight fifty pm Good night now we wake up.